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Day 170 (Mon 6/19) Inky Cow sketch

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, cow, day 170, doodle, drawing, fountain pen, heart of darkness, ink, noodlers ink, project, sketch, water, Zentangle2 Comments

I tried out some Noodler’s Heart of Darkness ink in a fountain pen they include with the bottle on a sort of zentangle-y cow sketch. I ordered it because I thought it was waterproof, or mostly waterproof, and was going to add color… but you can see what happened when I touched water to it. I’ll try letting some dry overnight and see if it still reacts the same way. I like the result, but I wanted a fountain pen I could use for my watercolor sketches. Oh well, back to Staedtler and uniball. They are great, so it’s all good. I just wanted to play around with line width a bit.

Day 169 (Sun 6/18) Ink and Watercolor Zentangles

June 18, 2017June 18, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, circles, Day 169, doodles, project, uninspired, watercolor, Zentangle2 Comments

Completely uninspired, and tired, I didn’t feel like ‘arting’ today. But I did, and just finished before midnight. There’s nothing inspiring here, except perhaps the idea that I did it anyway.

It felt cold and remote without the background, but some bright blue added a little depth and connection. Now… go do that thing you don’t feel like doing.

Day 168 (sat 6/17) Great Watercolor Deal for quality student grade set

June 17, 2017June 17, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, bargain, barn, Day 168, farm, horses, painting, project, sketch, watercolor, winsor & newton watercolor2 Comments

All I’ve done is add a little color to yesterday’s sketch.

The good news: I tried this Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolor sketchers box, and love it!

Which I found at Amazon for $12.93, an amazing deal, and I am really pleased with it. I really dislike my original W & N set, and I kept reading about how everyone loved them, even the Cotman student line, so I thought, when I saw this deal, I’d try them one more time. And I’m really glad I did. If you are looking for a very inexpensive start to watercolor, or a nice little travel box cheap, this one is for you. The box is nothing special, but adequate, the assortment of colors is really good, with two good yellows, two good reds, two good blues, two good greens, as well as yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, and (wasted on me) white… really great choices… and it comes with a beautiful tiny travel brush that is nearly worth the cost of the whole set. Now that I have tried it, I highly recommend it, and think this will be my go-to pan set for travel, even though I have worked so hard to set up different travel tins.

Seriously. Under $13 and free shipping, if you have Amazon Prime. I haven’t seen a price like this anywhere. (*I just looked to see how much without a Prime membership, and there’s another seller listing it for $12.77 with free shipping right now… I wish I needed more of these!!) Many of these are “hues”, which bothers some artists, but they have good lightfast ratings and vibrant colors. I’m really happy with them.